Servals Charcoal Burning Attachment for the Champion TLUD Stove


A TLUD (Top-Lit UpDraft Gasifier Stove) stove produces some charcoal as a by-product while generating pyrolysis gases for cooking energy. This high-grade charcoal measures around 20% of the input fuel weight. Since charcoal is formed at the bottom of the fuel chamber, it is not advisable to burn it there since little of this heat will reach the cooking pot which is far away from the charcoal fire (generally charcoal-fired stoves will have the cooking vessel close to the burning charcoal) and the high heat of a charcoal fire can reduce the life of metal stove parts.

Although this charcoal can be dry-cooled in an air-tight container and used for other purposes (for example, biochar or water purification), some people prefer to use it as cooking fuel. A well-designed charcoal stove will be the right answer here, but will be costly.

It is in this context, Servals has come up with a low-cost “charcoal burning attachment” which can be used with the canister of Champion TLUD stove. It is pictured and described in their PDF document, which is available here:

Servals Charcoal Burning Attachment for the Champion TLUD Stove

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